The Seattle Star Newspaper, January 20, 1919, Page 1

COMPLETE Service of the News- paper Enterprise Association. VOL U IME _NC ye FULL Leased Wire of the United Press Association. ‘STRIKE SEEMS | HEROINE 0 } RUSSIA IS. + INSEATTLE Resting Today, After Wel- come Sunday at End of Voyage From Siberia PLEADS FOR ORPHANS Here, where grass and trees are green in winter, where t shines and the rains are warm 4 where people are prosperous and co and know not hardsb appy one could be h Siberia, it is black Catherine boushka Russian r treshkovek her) of t is re N.Y. x Ocean voyage in Kamo Maru Mad the obahe are a destruct force, is slightly il at Washingt nex Mond ing to Miss Helena Stuart Duc of Boston, a close personal fr who is in constant attendance exertions of following 15 months in hiding fro camera and newspaper men Sund to such an extent that ! impaired. Cries Her Giladness er health - - Pe i : e © tale receive, ax“thé liner, with Russian refugees peared upper deck, with tendants about her, and waved sian girls, in brilliant re werdeck, which also t, toikworn Rus down the tained ga % "women in bi arew 9 “It is true! It fom Japan. ficed her life. Here to Help Orphans Her mission in this in the rebuilding of that part $ nine-Trots regime! not read newspapers; they took nothing but their own miserable istence in the place they lived. Th knew nothing of what was going on ywhere in F ‘ograd or 4 “Ot those who tried to help them we must remember that half th number have spent 4: Darkness seemed to c jority Education Is Needed “What Russia needs is education aving, my people for |? When I as | @imaked me to pray for alphabet th th w o that is what I hor 4,000,000 org father, without re left to wander cht; if they are we cannot’ te happen in Ru may contint I am " some £ and gir to noning I 1 be great velfare, for r leased fron (Continued on Page Fi National Tribute to Roosevelt, Plan Memorial services for Theo ik held simultane try February 9 weated by the N thruout the cou the program su tion ficial notice has as yet been r by the local branch of the council says 75-year-old Madame n Da ting in Seattle Monday, after a Pacif me Breshkovskaya, who says | accord strenuous ocean trip, the “Lenine-Trotsky terror,” and the attentions of welcome committees. afternoon, fatigued the aged woman | the quarterma | provost guard, ordnance ¢ Madame Breshkovakaya was ac corded a welcome such as few mor. greeting to the throng. Little Rus and vari ously-colored garments, ran up and k, a number of men| heavy clothes, and the Japanese I am alive «nd in America!” the “little grand. jiother” cried, as the Kamo Maru eked, following the long voyage | support of the Spartacans, a 4 Instead of an impassioned Russian boan of Arc, Mme. Breshkovskaya | > Plooked just what she was—a very | tired olf woman, but in spite of; that. eager and determined to con tinue her fight for the salvation of the people for whom she has sacri untry, she says, is primarily to interest Ameri- cans in the plight of 4,000,000 Rus sian orphans, but she hopes to gain support and money generally to aid Russia free from control of the Le | tau, “You must remember that there are 180,009,000 people in Russia, and of that number 89,000,000 are iiliter- ate. They have never had a chance to learn. For thousands of years| these people were serfs. They did] no part in political affairs; they knew ry years in| parts ¢ Siberia, in the salt mines, in exile rol the ma h to learn, and to get. There ans in Russia 1 miser 1 Council of Defense at Wash ington, D. C., is carried out. No of. eived Wounded Veteran, Held for a Crime, {Is Aided by Bride DENVER, Jan, 20 new per tograph ¢ Reel, illustrating cord. ing Wearing © war stripes on his slee re today, facing return ¢ for 8 De, ten years ago, Ree ght.” He en liste Canadian ove an forces to atone for hin past. A bride in with the war hero staunchly defending him and er § prominent persons here ] t to ob his pardor t | Was emy As a hote is pleture as that of eaped convict an “, CAMP LEWIS DEMOBILIZING Entire Division to Be Dis- charged at Rate of 500 a Day and it is men a day will be discharged fr now on. Orders from Waal have been rec ent . diviste units exce ent. th nd including a ter depart base hospital, remo nt depot, cam artm and such other utility unite con | cerned in the upkeep of the camp. ‘Tho division headquarters and the brignde headquarters will continu }to funetion until after the demot | ard, steamed | slowly alongside the Great Northern | @ock Sunday afternoon. She ap ilization is completed, or unti! fur ther orders from the war depart | ment, at-| ‘RUSS ACCUSED 1N BERLIN NOTE BERNE, Jan. 2 sent a note to t ment, protesting against the latt wunced today ad in part We are in possession of irrefut le proofs that th dispatch ar | paid for with the money offic jan authorities. Som thorities have part*in the movement “The Germ: who are still supporting them.” It w urday haulan, Tukkum, Boheljani. ‘GERMANS RIOT ATELECTIONS Jan, 20.—Reports from rees today indicated that ‘oting in Germany was rmany, part Liepsig and Dusseldort. COPENHAGEN, Jan. 20. fighting, which broke out in when Spartacans attempted to stroy ballot boxes thruout the city terda continued during night, according Berlin today The Spartacans attempt storm the Verwaerts buildin ere fighting in Wil there was se% helmstrasse, Hedimanstrasse and at the Hullesche gate, but the fr rywhere surgents were repulsed ¢ Fifteen thousand new state 4 are somewher bottom of Puget sound, and a submarine dis stat ditor ooking for then, They went ¢ board when the freighter Amazon apsized on the way to Tacoma, # weeks ago. Do You Want to Invest in an Es- tablished Busi- ness? Then announce under “Business ” on Opportunities, the classified page, The Seattle Sta " DAILY CIRCULATION OF Hlecond Clase Matter ANY PAPER IN THE P. Heattle, Wash, under the Act of Congress March MONDAY, JANUARY 20, 1919 SEATTLE, WASH., MAYOR? Veto of Substation WILL DISCUSS BRIDGES 18. —{Delayed.)— lor Ebert told the United Germany will comply with tions based on Pres t Wilson's 14 points, but that BERLIN, Jan. Press today do everything mands be will not take the re sponsibility of signing the peace get food and ved to demobilize the involving about 10,000 ttee's report oF ‘ report on Fears New "It if pomnible, tho, that the eneny will make further demande. accept them. council secretary understand if the bond. jasuga for bridges are app can I c@uld not take the FeRimape fer signing the peace terms in that case. conmequences, know what would resign would happen after that.” Anked what two years before the work » thought of the re has tripled for the war T cannot an peace conference will not by was first contemplated, run until) all q of the deleg ed blame was not The convermtion was directed to the Spartacan tion of the general but it ts understood get under way tomorrow 0—Germany has Russian govern- immediately consideration rin the bridges city's transporta legislation ginning and the continua war was to be submit government encouraged tion situation.” HOUSE MACHINE OILED 85 105 Independents in the house were snowed under by vote of 85 to 5 when they attempted to curb secret revolts intended | to overcome the German people were ally supplied for the purpose by the Rus of the au ven taken an active sisting of a representativ the nations was day's meeting on this matter, however, opened with only the five big powers rep the government government protests gainst this intervention in Ger many’s interior affairs, and will take vigorous measures against the Rus- sians who aided the insurgents, and Bour league of nations, afternoon. They exch on the league for the first time. Peril Is Ended of a Bolshe- struggle | Cle “The great #0 announced that on Sat pisheviki forces, advancing | toward East Prussia, captured Mi joldutz and amendment house mecnber to attend tt * committees and that the form and manner of Rus. | sian representation would be deter- mined this week. sessions of the demand a roll ¢ Representatives him were Boh don of King. FEAR DEATH IN MOTOR MISHAP Sheriff's deputies e, Cotterill and Hodg Thompson of captured Spar- | was pre’ RUSS PROBLEM no further seri sturbances in several flood waters search for 7 to dispatches from Rhodes Is Chamber President Awaiting Special Elections 1 to and department ction can be » formal nomination for pres he machine carrie und under the « the Danish m whe cently.” was marked wit! BURN NEGRO IN ph SQUARE » HONOR BURNS nent from Ri has been nomed premier in a new cabinet organizatio! ‘emple at 8:16 HO! PORTUGAL TO HAVE KING? ation of the Million Dollar (Church Pl been appointed mem jian peace delegation by the council | ing jof ministers. Virst Methodist churehy Manuel as ruler of Portugal, WLEAGUE OF NATIONS PLAN IS COMPLETED COUNCIL TOSAYS ‘RED’ ‘ees soo! OVERRIDE DANGER IS CONQUERED Likely to Knock Out His Ebert Warns Allies, How- ever, That the Germans Must Have Food ACCEPTS WILSON TERMS BY PRANK G in First Election BY PRANK 4. TAYLOR t BERLIN, Jan, 19—(Delayed.) many today were dominated b women who we ting and rur ng for office for the first time 1 the history of the country. In rict the} women were in a “great “najority r the me There w t one or two women ru each ticket every di majorit sclalints were expected to have things their owr “ nh most parte of the ar tr WILSON HOLDS PRIVATE TALK Meets in Executive Session With Representative of the Big Five BY WILLIAM ted Press 8 ILIP SIMMS Corresponden: PARIS, Jan. 20 —President Wilson met representatives of Great Britain, France, Italy and Japan in a closed conference this morning to take up the con tests arising from credentials of me of the small nations’ dele contests munt be set A be ® wn to business on the league of peace congress ca While nothing has been made pub Me concerning any conflict in re | gard to representation, it has been known that the Balkan situation | provided opportunities for just such | tangle. The status of the Montenegrin dele fate haa been held in abeyance un il the formation of the new Jugo- av nation is definitely accomplish It in clear that the course of the smooth fons of the eligibility amicably adjust No date has been set for resump- peace congress, t is expected to Meanwhile, memoranda on the ague of nationn, international labor 1 responsibility for be toda A committee on credentials, con of each of ppointed at Satur. Today's conference Wilton and French authority ¢ erre the this M. Sizenoff, former Russian for- n ister, held numerous con ren with associated representa ps today and appeared confident The coldest weather of the winter ailing in Paris today IS DISCUSSED PARIS, Jan, 20.—The Russian sit: | uation was formally taken up by representatives of the associate powers at a meeting this fe was officially announced. The fe The president of the Uni nce lasted from yton States and the premiers and for eign ministers of allied gov ments assisted by Baron Kakir rm the Japanese ambassador in Paris, met at the Qual d'Orsay this morn ing, between 10:30 and 12." the offi celal communique said. “M. Moulens, French ambassador to Russia, who returned a few days ago from Arch: angel, addressed the meeting and gave particulars of the Russian situ ation The meeting will take place on Tuesday, at 10:30 in the morning, to hear the remarks of M. Scavinius, nister in Petrograd ft the Russian capital very re Three Premiers Named in Europe LONDON, Jan 20.—Announce me states that Orlando Villa, vice p jer, and Paderewski has been named pi nino, mier and foreign minister of the new Polish eabinet M. Re nki has been named pre mier and minister of foreign affairs in a new Hungarian ministry ROME, Jan, 20.—Mormer Premier Salandra and Signor Barzital have s of the Ttal-| NIGHT EDITION TWO CENTS IN SEATTLE |, $6.00 to $9.00 ACIFIC NORTHWEST Statement From Strike Committee Issued Today Noon ASK WOR LABOR LAW Would Incorporate in Peace Treaty International Pro- tection for Workers LEAGUE FUTURE BRIGHT BY ROBE Rr ry BENDER is Correspondent) his is a mis understanding, n the last week in No- was forwar coast district council Tacoma Workers Ready Join Seattle Men in Big Walkout TWO SHOPS SIGN At noon toaay, on threatened | shipyard strike seemed certain. Between 25,000 and 30,000 men are due to quit work Tuesday. A payroll of $1,000,000 a week is to cease. For how 4 one can tell, that the shipyards may permanently, and attempt to ganize other lines of industry. reported that men are being app emissaries from the Hor offering them portation to the Ph |, and assuring them work. Neither of these has been confirmed, however, With two Seattle plants nected with the shi dustry already having “blanket agreement” by the Metal Trades bracing 22 unions, pay for all classes of end grades of labor, were Monday that from three six employers with the council, pay the demanded, and continue, The plants that opened up | tract shops. n reply to charges that the T shipyard strike Metal Trades council without | to the will of the men co the unions involved, the mittee of the council issued @ [ment in refutation Monday declaring that a referendum haa | taken the last week in November, | According to this statement, em ployers, thru the medium of bosses and highly paid en now causing the circulation of | \tions among shipyard workers, ling that the strike be deferred such time as the membership vote on the question. This, the committee asserts, would be a of the November m which was overwhelmingly in’ |of the strike as called. “The employers’ side of the | | tion—and it is a just | presented when the strike e laws of the forwarding ater than Dey American plan for the league of Wilson was rounding out his pro- gram for international labor leg islation today authoization by councils mentioned t iginal demands.’ referendum e had to be referred » affiliated locals. Thix condition has been » employers to the ex their well-paid fore men start the tions in the yards, of causing n amongst the men. in understood, unrest and di nen workers would “Tine lation of working conditions a agreement on the hours of labor to constitute a universal Influence of Labor In his epeeches fm Italy, Ue prest- zed the importance of of labor on world opin the cnembership had had another chance to vote on the question. Many members who have signed these petitions are appearing at asking questions and, after the headquarters the subject, he influence the influen have condemned the acuions of the foremen, some cases be fully recognized peace oua 7 ee ae ~~ petitions have The league of nationa plan of the to the various Americans is based on careful study nee this has been brought to the attention of the council, nine of the affiliated tlons have had either regular or special meetings, eight of them have unanimously endorsed the action of the Metal Trades coun- thorities familiar with the plan say | promulgated * many of the features of the details of the British provides that present associated powers shall | constitute the nucleus of the and that every free nation shall have | the right of membership. provision for « | pulsory me largest organizations. The whole a membership of This in itself of the| tions that are not in any way representa, tive and are, therefore, “Investigation has proven that coercive means have been, used 8, which would pre-| the outbreak of war, reports of the arbitrators | Skinner & Eddy corporation | manager, stated Monday. Until the men actually intend to, we We are still in the of the government. every effort. Prevent New Wars ‘The memorandum prepared by the | American, delegates outlines the pos: | sibility of new world thought , designed virt vent future wars, to rind various foremen and straw bosses » told men to sign the peti- tion if they knew what was good These tactics are old ones to the men who have been thru strikes, and are nothing more than the propaganda the employers to create unrest and ill-feeling amongst the men. It is my opinion the 25,000 workers—or the jof them—are not in favor of t nged views | | taken into the league when they have their governments, and the afford every the president ace would be | with half of Europe aflame with the | spirit of jealousy and revenge. | George is said to be unreservedly in agreement with this principle. | After formation of the league there | would be a meeting of special dele- | gates to formulate a new internation- | league would Efforts were being continued |d@uy to verify the report that tion is being circulated among yard workers, asking that the be settled by a referendum vote the rank and file of the unions resented by the Metal Trades It is believed that neither the ¢ of the petition or im tion concerning it will be produ “Conference Committees Metal ' Trades Council: “A. E. MILLER, Chairman. SOULTZER, “J. DUSCHAK, 2D ROWAN. BALLINGER.” DIG UP THAT 50 CENTS TODAY! Relief Drive for Armenian] and Syrian Relief Pro- gresses in Seattle » task of cov idential districts of the city In view of the attitude of the allies, y be stated that the president favorable for prompt consummation of the league. All shipyards were operating y y, on all shifts. The action of the Metal council in calling the strike has the majority of unions affiliated with These number 22, while 150 plants and contract that will be affected by the strike. 10,000 TACOMA Li a Qui Joining in the — demands of the Seattle metal trades | for a wage increase above that of the | 10,000 Tacoma ipyard workers are ready today tomorrow, The SLAYER STILL ELUDES POLIC attempted mur. noon, Peter Buchinsky an s thus far evaded cap of raising Sea $100,000 quota for and Syrians is progressing Palanski quarreled » results of this drive kers in wood yards, as well he steel yards of the and Construction in the walkout. ‘3 and 14 wooden») construction here sand young women, contributions authorized to ac 50 cents or more, 2 » is held out today for a | disput unless by intervention. shipyard st ma and Seattle, a feneral indug+ = ppling many 1 Trades counell today, Tt indirectly, © cared for by it is estimated, — be greatly ine a very short time Union officials even discussed the © | possibility of a general sympathetic motor} es ‘strike, affecting all union trades and crafts in the city, y has been clos Jed two mile creased within cording to the} Gustav H. Ku is dead of over the Bailey hill route,